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catechism
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tags: [christianity] [literature]
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Definition:a book used for indoctrinating people into Christianity
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The existence of a God is the basis of all religion. Few appear to doubt his existence; yet this fundamental article utterly embarrasses every mind that reasons. The first question of every catechism has been, and ever will be, the most difficult to resolve. (In the year 1701, the holy fathers of the oratory of Vendome maintained in a thesis, this proposition—that, according to St. Thomas, the existence of God is not, and cannot be, a subject of faith.)
Baron D'Holbach. Good Sense (1772)
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He took the opportunity to engage in a gentle catechism, trying to instruct me in the basics of Catholicism, though I had assured him over and over of my basic agnosticism.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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"And this by way of teaching Henrique the first verse of a republican's catechism, 'All men are born free and equal!'"
"Poh!" said Alfred; "one of Tom Jefferson's pieces of French sentiment and humbug. It's perfectly ridiculous to have that going the rounds among us, to this day."
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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He began asking his questions in a low, expressionless voice, as though this were a routine, a sort of catechism, most of whose answers were known to him already.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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I used to walk that hot mile myself, when I was a girl. If I begged and practiced my catechism.
Kathryn Stockett. The Help, p.71 (2009)
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And in what way a knowledge of addition and subtraction and the catechism is going to improve their material condition, I never could make out.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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Now, young man, ask me about anything and I understand it all: the holy Scriptures and profane writings, and every prayer and catechism. I live according to the Scriptures.... I don't injure anyone, I keep my flesh in purity and continence, I observe the fasts, I eat at fitting times.
Anton Chekhov. The Witch and other stories
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Or reading sermons, and being catechised by their manservant, and set to learn a column of Scripture names,
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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